Special Things

Special Things is the seventh studio album by the Pointer Sisters, released in 1980 on Planet Records.

Special Things
Studio album by Pointer Sisters
Released	August 1980
Studio	Studio 55, Los Angeles, California
Genre	R&B, pop, soul
Label	Planet
Producer	Richard Perry
Pointer Sisters chronology
Priority (1979) Special Things (1980) Black & White (1981)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

History

The album marked their third venture with producer Richard Perry and featured a more stylized R&B/pop production, launching the group into its most successful period. The album spawned their second top three gold-certified single, "He's So Shy".

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Could I Be Dreaming"	Anita Pointer, Trevor Lawrence, Marlo Henderson	3:31
2.	"He's So Shy"	Tom Snow, Cynthia Weil	3:37
3.	"The Love Too Good to Last"	Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager, Peter Allen	3:32
4.	"Evil"	Geoffrey Leib, Larry Lingle	3:19
5.	"Save This Night for Love"	Ellison Chase, Bill Haberman, Art Jacobson	3:25

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
6.	"We've Got the Power"	Michael Brooks, Bob Esty	4:53
7.	"Where Did the Time Go"	Bacharach, Sager	3:08
8.	"Special Things"	Anita Pointer	3:08
9.	"Here Is Where Your Love Belongs"	Bill Champlin	4:40

2010 remastered bonus track

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
10.	"Movin' On"	Anita Pointer, Ruth Pointer, June Pointer, Lawrence, Henderson	3:19

Personnel

The Pointer Sisters

• Anita Pointer – lead vocals (1, 3, 5, 8), backing vocals, vocal arrangements
• June Pointer – lead vocals (2, 4, 6, 7), backing vocals, vocal arrangements
• Ruth Pointer – lead vocals (9), backing vocals, vocal arrangements

Musicians

• Greg Phillinganes – keyboards (1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9), synthesizers (5), clavinet (6)
• Tom Snow – keyboards (2), synthesizers (2), arrangements (2)
• Lance Ong – synthesizers (3, 4)
• Michael Boddicker – synthesizer programming (5), synthesizers (8)
• John Barnes – Fender Rhodes (6), keyboards (8)
• Clarence McDonald – acoustic piano (6)
• Burt Bacharach – horn arrangements (3), string arrangements (3, 7), keyboards (7)
• Paul Jackson Jr. – guitar (1, 3, 5, 9), guitar solo (4)
• Tim May – guitar (2, 6, 8)
• Ben Bridges – guitar (4)
• Marlo Henderson – guitar (4, 5, 7)
• Mark Goldenberg – guitar (6, 8)
• David Williams – guitar (7, 9)
• Nathan Watts – bass (1-5, 8, 9), percussion (5)
• John Pierce – bass (6)
• James Jamerson – bass (7)
• Ollie E. Brown – drums (1, 3, 5)
• James Gadson – drums (2, 6, 8)
• Raymond Pounds – drums (4)
• Ricky Lawson – drums (7, 9)
• Paulinho da Costa – percussion (1-4, 8)
• Jay Hutson – alto flute (1), saxophone (4)
• Don Myrick – alto flute (1), saxophone (4), alto sax solo (9)
• Bill Reichenbach Jr. – trombone (1, 4)
• Dick Hyde – trombone (4)
• Chuck Findley – trumpet (1), flugelhorn (1, 3)
• Steve Madaio – trumpet (1, 4), flugelhorn (1)
• Warren Looney – flugelhorn (3)
• Larry Gittens – trumpet (4)
• Gary Grant – trumpet (4)
• Henry Sigismonti – French horn (1)
• Trevor Lawrence – arrangements (1, 6, 9), horn arrangements (1, 4, 6, 7, 9), string arrangements (1, 5, 6, 9), conductor (1, 5, 6, 9), orchestration (3)
• Sid Sharp – concertmaster (1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9)

Production

• Richard Perry – producer
• Trevor Lawrence – associate producer
• Gabe Veltri – recording engineer
• Jim Küenzi, Raven Royce-Jordan, Stephen Marcussen, Tim Dennen – assistant engineers
• James Guthrie – remix engineer
• Doug Sax, Mike Reese – mastering engineers at The Mastering Lab (Los Angeles, CA).
• Daniel Kushnick, Michael Solomon – production coordinators
• Aaron Rapoport – photography

Chart positions

Chart (1980)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[2]	67
U.S. Billboard 200	34
U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums	19

References

1. Hanson, Amy. Special Things review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-11-12.
2. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 235. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.

External links

• Special Things at Discogs (list of releases)
• The Pointer Sisters - Special Things (1980) album to be listened as stream on Spotify